NWAFOR Obumneme

Chief Executive Officer

Mr Nwafor Obumneme is the CEO of Stock Trend Capital Limited.

He is a Licensed International Financial Analyst (A Charter by International Research Association, IRA Harvard Square Cambridge Massachusetts USA). He is also certified by the United Nations Institute for Training and Research, Geneva on Advanced Capital Market Regulation and Development.

He is a Chartered Management Consultant, Securities and Commodities Broker/Dealing Clerk and experienced trader in International Financial Instruments.

His Work Career spans through National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure, LinkSME Limited, CB Financial Services London.

He has consulted for many organizations including the Nigerian Capital Market Institute, Securities and Exchange Commission, Pension Fund Administrators, Fund Managers and Stockbrokers.

He has strong skills in Technical Analysis of Financial Instruments, and has lectured on this subject in many high-profile occasions.  

He has several years of experience trading International Exchanges including NYSE, Abu Dhabi Securities Market (ADSM) and Dubai International Financial Exchange (DIFX).

EZE, Jude, PhD

Head of Research

Doctor of Philosophy in Statistics, University of Glasgow, UK

MSC in Statistics, University of Ibadan

BSc. (First Class Honours), Statistics, University of Ibadan.
 

Jude has strong skills in Analysis of Trends and Seasonality, Change Point Analysis, Spatial Analysis, Spatiotemporal Analysis,

Autoregressive, ARIMA and Spectral Analysis.

He is seasoned in the use of the following Analytical tools: E-Views, MATLAB, R, S-plus, SPSS, Minitab, WinBUGS, ArcGIS, Mathcad, Mathematica.

He has worked with the Australia National Group (Clydesdale Bank & Yorkshire Bank)– Project Staff for Investment Analysis, Market Research and Portfolio Management,

He also worked with National Population Commission Nigeria, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, and the University of Glasgow.

He has co-authored two published textbooks and has over 12 conference publications to his credit.

CHIOMA Ngozi Zimuzor

Head of Strategy

MSC Banking and Financial Services, University of Glasgow, UK

Key Competence: Banking and Financial Services,

  - Financial Institutions and Markets in Developing Economy

  - International Corporate Finance

  - International Finance and Money

  - Financial Sector Stability and Growth

  - Economics of Finance

Chioma is the Editor of Stock Trend Magazine and Wealth Multiplier Newspaper.

She is a Licensed International Financial Analyst (LIFA) and Chartered Financial Analyst, CFA (Level II Candidate)

She piloted the development of the Fundamental Analysis and Error Detection System (FAEDs), a system that uses core sets of Financial Soundness Indicators as prescribed by BASEL II Accord for Banking and Insurance Sectors; 38 Financial Ratios for General Business and more than 20 sets of Code of Corporate Governance Standards to access a company’s compliance/non-compliance of these codes.

She has an In-depth knowledge of Online trading of Options, Features, Forward Contracts, Currency SWAPS, Equities and Exchange Traded Funds, with particular reference to FX Trading.

She recently joined the Bloomberg Trading Room; a terminal used for fundamental analysis of both equities and bonds.  In-depth understanding of Risk Weighting, Stress Testing and Macro-Prudential Regulations. Expert in Exchange Rate Analysis and Modeling.

She has a strong Mastery of MetaStock Technical Analysis Software, LinkSpark ERS, E-Views, SPSS, MATLAB and the Bloomberg Trading Terminal.

UMEH Chimezie

Head of Operations

MSc. Operational Research University of Strathclyde, UK         

Key Modules:    Forecasting, Risk Analysis, Spreadsheet/Mathematical Modelling, Decision Analysis, Operations Strategy & Management, Simulation & System Dynamics.

§         Chimezie has Strong understanding of FSA regulatory rules, statistical reporting, and a proven track record of project delivery for Investment firms and Banks.

§         He is an expert in Market Risk Management with an in depth knowledge of concepts such as VaR, sensitivities, greeks, delta and gamma.

§         Strong relational database skills in data warehouse technologies in Investment Administration and Middle office operations within a global asset management provider.

He has worked with

§         Baseline Projects (www.baseline-projects.com) as a Senior Program and Project Analyst,

§          Sumerian Networks, Glasgow (www.sumerian.com) as Business/Information Analyst – Service Delivery Analytics,

·         Alliance Consulting (www.allianceconsulting.com.ng) as Head, Information Systems

·         FSB International Bank, now Fidelity Bank Plc (www.fidelitybankplc.com)

He is a member of Institute for Operations Research & Management Science (INFORMS), Operational Research Society (ORS), Information and Communication Technology Society of Nigeria (ICTSN), International Institute of Business Analysis (IIBA)

YINUSA Mariam

Head of Business Development

MSc (Distinction) International Financial Economics

University of Glasgow, United Kingdom

Core subjects: Advanced Macroeconomics, Advanced Microeconomics, Econometrics, International Trade, International Finance, Foreign Direct Investment and Economic Growth

Mariam is a Licenced Stockbroker and Member of Chartered Institute of Stockbrokers (CIS) Nigeria.

She has worked as Project Financial Officer, West African Power Sector Regulatory Development Project, Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Commission, Abuja, Nigeria. She was involved in Budget preparation, negotiations between donor agency, consultants and ECOWAS on budget allocations, Preparation of statement of accounts. She also worked as Banking Officer, Operations at the Stanbic Bank Nigeria Ltd. Abuja, Nigeria.

She has a strong ability to construct Econometric and Financial Models and conduct Statistical Analysis on Time-Series, cross-sectional and panel data using Microfit and Eviews.